post practice presser

[JJacket]

We have missed a LOT of pitches this year.

Sadly, from my endzone seats, I clearly see when a pitch should be made. In 2008, I was lost as to what the offense was. Now, you sit there and make the reads and cringe when the ball is held. We have had a few errant pitches earlier in the season, but we always managed to work that out.

Of course, seeing these things is easy from my seats. I don't have a 300 lb DT trying to crush me while I make reads. Reminds me of this....

Joey: Wait a minute. I know you. You're Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. You play basketball for the Los Angeles Lakers.
Roger Murdock: I'm sorry, son, but you must have me confused with someone else. My name is Roger Murdock. I'm the co-pilot.
Joey: You are Kareem! I've seen you play. My dad's got season tickets.
Roger Murdock: I think you should go back to your seat now, Joey. Right, Clarence?
Captain Oveur: Nahhhhhh, he's not bothering anyone. Let him stay here.
Roger Murdock: But just remember, my name is...
[showing his nametag]
Roger Murdock: ROGER MURDOCK. I'm an airline pilot.
Joey: I think you're the greatest, but my dad says you don't work hard enough on defense.
[Kareem gets angry]
Joey: And he says that lots of times, you don't even run down court. And that you don't really try... except during the playoffs.
Roger Murdock: [breaking character] The hell I don't! LISTEN, KID! I've been hearing that crap ever since I was at UCLA. I'm out there busting my buns every night! Tell your old man to drag Walton and Lanier up and down the court for 48 minutes!

 

[RamblinWreck92]

Remember also, we were completing a terrific percentage of passes earlier in the season. If this has sunk to 38%, the regression is gigantic. I don't understand why another player does not get a chance to see what he can do when the QB play is so abysmal. It's not like he isn't getting decent protection, at least by GT standards. I know the receiving options are mediocre, but still. TM's a good wildcat QB, but I don't trust him to put the ball in the air. He's skeered, and he's lost confidence in himself, internally.

Look back at CPJ over the years - we suck when we cannot throw the football. I'm surprised TM is still walking around given that he's scared to pitch it, and scared to throw it. Hell - if you look at the damn thing, we aren't even running any triple option any more. Isn't that the base play of the ****ing offense? Every give is a designed give. There is no reading going on. This isn't CPJ football. It isn't even option football. We're trying to play power without power. The first series of each damn game is loaded with plays that we used to use to counter questions the defense asks of us. B-gap trap plays. Double option off a counter swivel. 30 yard downfield chucks. Now counters are the only thing we can run. It shocks me that we are still getting receivers running wide damn open despite this, but it doesn't matter because we can't hit them frequently enough to make a difference.

I don't put all the blame on CPJ, except to the extent that his recruiting efforts result in the talent we have on campus. CPJ puts on a pretty nice dinner considering he shops at Aldi. The institute is the larger limiting factor - I agree. Except for the Duke game, the season hasn't really been SO bad - we were far closer to having a nice record than anyone will ever remember. But we know we can be better than this. We have been better than this. We have to get back to playing the true CPJ brand of football, and he has somehow lost touch with it this year.

I put all the blame on CPJ. He's the HC and the OC. Like you said, "I'm surprised TM is still walking around given that he's scared to pitch it, and scared to throw it. ". Well who's fault is that?

Why not throw Lucas or MJ out there? Why keep trotting this scared QB out there who won't pitch and whose throwing mechanics are the worst in college football?

It's 100% CPJ's fault. Trotting the guy out to run countless QB Keepers is BS football. TM's doing what he can but is clearly over his head. To keep trotting him out there is the fault of CPJ. The fact that TM hasn't improved whatsoever from the UT game is CPJ's responsibility too.

 

[ScionOfSouthland]

So Saturday is the day to give the opposing defense the ol' Matthew Jordan switcheroo?

 

[18in32]

But the offensive line being a complete öööö show for a decade is entirely his buddy Sewak's fault. And not firing him is his fault. There's no excuse for that.

No argument here. Don't think you'll find any Tech fan that will argue.

I'm happy to argue with this. People take it for granted that we'll lead the country in rushing just because we throw the ball so rarely, and therefore the OL deserves little credit. But we also lead the country in yards per rush. Here's how we've done on that metric during CPJ's tenure:
2008: #7
2009: #8
2010: #5
2011: #3
2012: #11
2013: #11
2014: #6
2015: #15
2016: #16
2017: #14

We've had multiple guys win ACC OLineman of the Week honors this season, which seems nontrivial given the talent/depth issues. I'd like to think some of that is due to coaching because it definitely wasn't due to sheer talent disparity in our favor

Nail, meet hammer.
I don't have any opinion on whether or not Sewak should be retained. But it's certainly not obvious that he's done a horrible job over the years.

 

[DressCheeseSideSeaboard]

I’m not sure what the deal is with the offensive line. I think we’ve recruited well. We recently had a 3* lineman from Columbia, TN that was drafted in the 4th round and currently starts at right guard for the Patriots. Devine may get drafted, too.

As far as the kicking game goes, Pressley Harvin seems to have the strongest leg of our kicking corps. Can he placekick, even if we have to get him a square-toed shoe?

If not, we need to improve our kickoff coverage, which has been horrendous. The inability to stay in a lane or break down in front of the ball carrier is killing us. If the guys on special teams are not athletic enough to do that, then we need to have starters on special teams.

 

[JJacket]

I’m not sure what the deal is with the offensive line. I think we’ve recruited well. We recently had a 3* lineman from Columbia, TN that was drafted in the 4th round and currently starts at right guard for the Patriots. Devine may get drafted, too.

As far as the kicking game goes, Pressley Harvin seems to have the strongest leg of our kicking corps. Can he placekick, even if we have to get him a square-toed shoe?

If not, we need to improve our kickoff coverage, which has been horrendous. The inability to stay in a lane or break down in front of the ball carrier is killing us. If the guys on special teams are not athletic enough to do that, then we need to have starters on special teams.

I'd be interested first in if Harvin has a strong enough leg to kick touchbacks. We will need that against UGAg. even Auburn wasn't kicking to UGAg's return man. Our coach is too hard headed to use that strategy

 

[Akinji07]

I'm happy to argue with this. People take it for granted that we'll lead the country in rushing just because we throw the ball so rarely, and therefore the OL deserves little credit. But we also lead the country in yards per rush. Here's how we've done on that metric during CPJ's tenure:
2008: #7
2009: #8
2010: #5
2011: #3
2012: #11
2013: #11
2014: #6
2015: #15
2016: #16
2017: #14

Nail, meet hammer.
I don't have any opinion on whether or not Sewak should be retained. But it's certainly not obvious that he's done a horrible job over the years.

It is if you've watched our qbs run for their lives for a decade. It is the reason our offensive production comes to a halt against bigger teams or when we're down by 2 tds.

 

[ScionOfSouthland]

It is if you've watched our qbs run for their lives for a decade. It is the reason our offensive production comes to a halt against bigger teams or when we're down by 2 tds.

No amount of rain can wash away Justin Thomas' chalk outline on the field at Hard Rock stadium

 

[Akinji07]

We've had multiple guys win ACC OLineman of the Week honors this season, which seems nontrivial given the talent/depth issues. I'd like to think some of that is due to coaching because it definitely wasn't due to sheer talent disparity in our favor

Yeah thats why we have Shaq Masons coming out of Tech every year. Coaching. Sewak school of dive at their feet and flop like a fish.

 

[GoJackets89]

Yeah thats why we have Shaq Masons coming out of Tech every year. Coaching. Sewak school of dive at their feet and flop like a fish.

The sponge bob square pants school of blocking.

 

[18in32]

It is if you've watched our qbs run for their lives for a decade. It is the reason our offensive production comes to a halt against bigger teams or when we're down by 2 tds.

I don't think this is true at all. You can't be good at everything. We choose to be really really good at running the ball. We're correspondingly not as good at throwing the ball. I think it's a pretty fair criticism of CPJ that he resorts to the high-risk-high-reward passing plays at the first sign of trouble.

But the fact that Sewak's boss tells him to spend 90% of practice on run blocking instead of pass blocking doesn't make it Sewak's fault when we're not as good at pass blocking. Indeed, the fact that the thing Sewak spends time teaching is something we're really good at, is a credit to Sewak.

If you've got a (very fair) complaint about pass blocking (or the rest of our passing game), take that to the man getting paid $8k/day... not the guy next to him making 7% of that, doing what he's told, trying to keep his boss happy.

 

[savbandjacket]

I don't think this is true at all. You can't be good at everything. We choose to be really really good at running the ball. We're correspondingly not as good at throwing the ball. I think it's a pretty fair criticism of CPJ that he resorts to the high-risk-high-reward passing plays at the first sign of trouble.

But the fact that Sewak's boss tells him to spend 90% of practice on run blocking instead of pass blocking doesn't make it Sewak's fault when we're not as good at pass blocking. Indeed, the fact that the thing Sewak spends time teaching is something we're really good at, is a credit to Sewak.

If you've got a (very fair) complaint about pass blocking (or the rest of our passing game), take that to the man getting paid $8k/day... not the guy next to him making 7% of that, doing what he's told, trying to keep his boss happy.

If you are going to have any passing plays in your offensive package, then you need to have minimal competency in pass blocking. We do not even have minimal competency. It’s horrendous and we are lucky so far that one of our quarterbacks has not been severely injured on a drop back play over the years.

 

[BuzzLaw]

Coach looks so defeated in this video. I think it has sunk in that we are not a very good football team. I don't think he will come out and say it, but we aren't. Worst QB play since Godsey left

Hate to read stuff like this about TM. He gives 100% and has made something out of nothing on many occasions. I don’t think this is anywhere close to our biggest problem.

 

[JJacket]

Hate to read stuff like this about TM. He gives 100% and has made something out of nothing on many occasions. I don’t think this is anywhere close to our biggest problem.

We've lost games this season due to several bad reads on option plays.

 

[QuadF]

I seem to remember a good ol in 16 & 14. Can't remember specifics earlier.

I think it's easy to forget that TM is still a new qb. We have a complicated offense. My gripe is that it seems like we have too many reads for an inexperienced qb; that we increased expectations too quickly. We ran a lot of belly against ut, but have ramped up the option reads since.

I think our tackles have had some troubles as well and could benefit from simplifying. Our inside game seems more our strength and would benefit mj a lot.

Having said all that, I'm more concerned about mistakes from positions where we're old than the mistakes of the young.

 

[JacketFan77]

I think it's easy to forget that TM is still a new qb.

He’s a junior. I’ll grant you that he’s a new starter, but this isn’t his first or even second year in this system. He should be more comfortable than he appears on the field and he should be able to make the reads.

MJ is also one to call his own number more often than not. That’s two qbs with that issue. Something is amiss - not sure what’s going on.

 

[aeromech]

Hate to read stuff like this about RB. He gives 100% and has made something out of nothing on many occasions. I don’t think this is anywhere close to our biggest problem.

This is how your post would have read during the Gailey years. I have little doubt at this point that TM is our current best option at starting QB; particularly with MJ bowing out.

 

[JJacket]

This is how your post would have read during the Gailey years. I have little doubt at this point that TM is our current best option at starting QB; particularly with MJ bowing out.

Disagree. We had no talent at QB behind Reggie. Taylor Bennett was recruited by nobody. We had a few on the hook that got away. The 51-7 game with Suggs and Bilbo was perhaps the most frightened I've ever seen two QB's play against UGAg. It was like when Rocky told Mick I'm Rocky 2 how he was scared of Mr. T.

 

[JJacket]

Keep in mind, UGAg has nothing like Seymour or Stroud on their team. There is no Champ Bailey back there being a super athlete. We can beat these chumps.

 

[GEETEELEE]

Keep in mind, UGAg has nothing like Seymour or Stroud on their team. There is no Champ Bailey back there being a super athlete. We can beat these chumps.

Rank, Rushing - FromTo- Att - Yards -Avg - TD
2 Nick Chubb 2014 2017 701 4469 6.4 41
158 Champ Bailey 1996 1998 21 99 4.7 0